Saturday Morning Gaming: Dandara
Thinking about Platforming as a puzzler with this week’s Free Epic Game, an interesting platformer called Dandara.
Category: Mindless Diversions
Saturday Spins: Arlo McKinley Die Midwestern
Arlo McKinley’s Die Midwestern is a solid and sublime LP. I am deeply appreciative of all the internet folks that yelled at me to listen to
Weekend Plans Post: Lifehacks
Trying to find the small things to make life a hair better in the home stretch
Sunday Morning! “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower” by Marcel Proust
In “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower” by Marcel Proust, our hero goes through the changes of adolescence, in which he sees things loved from afar close up, and watches their proportions and values shrink or enlarge greatly.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning with Better Tools
Twin-sticker shooters…I remember Smash TV and go back to playing The Binding of Isaac
Saturday Spins: Jeff Tweedy’s Love is the King
Jeff Tweedy’s Love is the King spins, and we discuss hype stickers and why it is a never-ending war to remove and preserve them.
Weekend Plans Post: A Shirt Worth Stealing
I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The bad news involves fabric softener. The good news is that I have a new shirt that I really like.
Sunday Morning: “Swann’s Way/ Swann in Love” by Marcel Proust (Pt 2)
Let anyone who has never debased themselves for a mismatched love cast the first snark. Finishing the first volume of Proust.
Saturday Spins: Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
What is unique about this album is that Cowboy Junkies played and sung around a single ambisonic microphone in the church.
Weekend Plans Post: Hey Rocky, Watch Me Pull A Rabbit Out Of My Hat
Visiting The Jokes Of The Future Of The Past
Songs About John Henry
It’s been a slow news week so come with me on a journey into American folklore to a story we all kn–wait, what’s this coming in through my earpiece? The President of the United...
Saturday Morning Gaming: Crying Suns
“Free” is a tough thing to argue against so I picked Crying Suns up as part of the Epic Store’s Free Giveaway Thingy that they do every week.
Weekend Plans Post: First Weekend after the First Real Week of 2021
In lockdown, recuperation looks very similar to working.
Sunday Spins: Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett
Kurt Vile is one of America’s great underrated songwriters and Courtney Barnett has released a few really great records over the past half decade or so
Sunday Morning! Returning to Proust
In a sense, it feels doubly-appropriate to reread Proust in middle age because so much of his novel is about the attempt to snatch our memories from the oblivion of the past.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cyberpunk 2077’s Full Review
This is the review of Cyberpunk 2077 from someone who has done more than 90% of the side quests and most of the main quests
Roman Reigns: Wrestling’s Top Star Finally Lives Up To The Hype
Some may ask “Who on God’s green and beautiful Earth is Roman Reigns and why did he have a better 2020 than most of us?”
New Year’s Fright: “The Apple Tree”
The Apple Tree is an eerie seasonal tale about a widower and a familiar old tree to end the year. Next year, let’s read Proust!
2020’s Best Albums
As a general rule, popular music, e.g. whatever Spotify, radio, and record companies drive people to listen to, will not be discussed here.
